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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2010
Mark Hershey, Murphy, TX (US);
David T. Stoner, McKinney, TX (US);
Rick Southerland, Plano, TX (US);
Mark Hershey, Murphy, TX (US);
David T. Stoner, McKinney, TX (US);
Rick Southerland, Plano, TX (US);
Viewcast.com, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A streaming media encoder for encoding and delivering media content is disclosed. The streaming media encoder has a media input interface for receiving a media stream, a media encoder for receiving the media stream from the input interface and encoding the media stream, thereby producing an encoded media stream. The media encoder has a first confidence monitor for displaying a video image from the received media stream, a second confidence monitor for displaying a video image from the encoded media stream, and a network interface for providing the encoded media stream to a network.